Hmmm, next year they make them stronger.......broke the top side of my brande new 2010 F111WC after only 3 hrs of use. Must say I love the producs and also have 3 other SBīs - so I wait for my dealer to answer on my poor F111WC :-(

Actually I see a parallel with what is going on in the snow ski world where the latest generation of all mountain equipment has produced significantly more versatile gear and some very interesting design concepts like reverse or adaptive camber / early rise tips etc that really do work in the steep and deep, are great for mowing down crud, and generally opening up the skiing experience.

Of course, he won't tell you "the new model is not better than the former one"; otherwise he kills the buisiness

That's how the world works.

Nevertheless, it is true that little by little, the shapes improve. It is not significant from one year to another, but a 2011 board is trully better than a 2005 one. The problem actually is that the price increase has become significant from one year to another!

This is not specific to Starboard. All brands claim to make better gear year after year. This is probably a must to attract cool newcomers who want something else than their (grand) Dad. This must be true to some extend because the evolution is sensible over the past ten years, and furthermore if you look further back. However I wonder what the next revolution may be. Windsurf seems to be evolving marginally now while Kitesurf... I mean: isn't Kitesurf a radical evolution of Windsurf, like Windsurf itself was for sail boat? Smaller, more agile, bigger sail vs. wetted area, etc...